Brewnuts is the brainchild of two Clevelanders, John & Shelley Pippin, who decided to combine their three favorite things – Cleveland, craft beer, and donuts – into one, and make the food and beer lover’s ultimate guilty pleasure: craft-beer-based donuts. By combining donuts, a symbol of Americana as unpretentious as you can find, with the hipness of the craft beer movement, Brewnuts puts a whole new twist on bellying up to the bar.[Read more…]

Payday loans are not what they seem. While they may appear to be a convenient “quick fix” for a temporary financial situation, they often result in a vicious cycle that can accumulate interest at rates of up to 780%.

Most Payday lenders require borrowers to give access to their checking account. Many loans come due in just two weeks, which is hardly enough time for the typical consumer to rebuild their finances to pay off their debt.

Thank you for opposing the health care bill that is currently before the Senate. In its present form, the Senate Bill is detrimental to all Americans—not just your Ohio constituents. In addition to slashing Medicaid and Medicare, as well as denying millions of Americans access to affordable health care, it limits (or prevents) access to care for opioid addiction – an issue about which I know you are personally passionate.

Congratulations to Evan Delahanty, owner of Peaceful Fruits and HFLA’s latest loan recipient! We’re so excited to partner with Evan and join him on his business journey.

Peaceful Fruits is a startup company based in Akron that makes organic fruit strip snacks with acai. Evan launched Peaceful Fruits after his time with the Peace Corps where he lived and worked in the Amazon Rainforest. The acai in his snacks is grown and harvested by the people he worked with in the rainforest. These snacks come from the Amazon with love!

We’re especially excited because Evan recently appeared on “Shark Tank,” which gave his business a major boost! If you haven’t seen it yet, his episode will re-air this Friday, June 30, 2017 at 8 pm on ABC (that’s tonight!). [Read more…]

CLEVELAND, OH – June 14, 2017 – Mark your calendar for what promises to be a sold-out occasion again this year at HFLA of Northeast Ohio’s gala, Party 113 to be held Saturday, Nov. 11, 2017. The evening will pay tribute to Alan Edelman and the entire Edelman Family, who have been long-time sponsors, donors and supporters of Hebrew Free Loan Association (HFLA) over the years.